{"id":33785,"date":"2020-07-24T20:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chinese-consulates-involved-in-espionage-scheme-us-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2020-07-24T20:24:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T17:24:00","slug":"chinese-consulates-involved-in-espionage-scheme-us-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chinese-consulates-involved-in-espionage-scheme-us-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chinese consulates involved in espionage scheme, US officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Chinese consulates involved in espionage scheme, US officials say<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 24, 2020 |<\/span> 1:24pm |<\/span> Updated July 24, 2020 | 1:47pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n WASHINGTON \u2014 Chinese consulates in more than two dozen US cities are aiding undercover Communist Party soldiers posing as students to engage in espionage, senior government officials said Friday.<\/p>\n

The bombshell revelation comes after two Chinese military assets at the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas, were arrested and charged Tuesday with trying to steal COVID-19 vaccine research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe individuals charged there are a microcosm, we believe, of a broader network of individuals in more than 25 cities,\u201d a senior Department of Justice official said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat network is supported through the consulates here. Consulates have been giving individuals in that network guidance on how to evade and obstruct our investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The official said the Houston bust was \u201cmerely the tip of the iceberg\u201d and raised the alarm about consulates being exploited for \u201cespionage\u201d because of their sovereign status.<\/p>\n

On Thursday evening, US officials also arrested a woman who was being harbored in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco and charged her as part of a scheme in which members of the Chinese military, the People\u2019s Liberation Army, lied about their visa status.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe espionage and influence activities run out of a consulate can rise, ultimately to a level that threatens our national security,\u201d the DOJ official said.<\/p>\n

The arrests made Tuesday came after a long period of stalled negotiations when officials from China\u2019s ruling Communist Party refused to respect American sovereignty, officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years we\u2019ve been asking the PRC to stop these malign criminal activities,\u201d a senior State Department official said.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Chinese Communist Party has been getting away with this for too long. The time is now to act and that\u2019s what we have done,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The US government has been ramping up attacks on China as the Communist country faces intense international scrutiny for hiding the origins of the coronavirus, stealing American intellectual property and detaining minority groups such as the indigenous Uighurs.<\/p>\n

In a scathing speech Thursday evening, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that the US would no longer ignore China\u2019s \u201ctotalitarian\u201d rule and espionage in the US.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too many decades, our leaders have ignored or downplayed the words of brave Chinese dissidents who have warned us about the nature of the regime we\u2019re facing. We can\u2019t ignore it any longer,\u201d he said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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